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Phys.org / Wildfire smoke linked to rise in violent assaults, 11-year study finds
A new study spanning 11 years of data has revealed a clear link between wildfire smoke pollution and an increase in violent assaults in Seattle. These findings represent the first direct causal evidence that short-term exposure ...
Medical Xpress / A woman's birthing position isn't a choice, it's a biomechanical strategy
Women's bodies undergo some of the most intense mechanical demands in human physiology during childbirth and yet the science behind this crucial moment in human life has been largely overlooked for as long as modern science ...
Medical Xpress / Developing personalized vaccines for cancer via machine learning
Yale researchers have developed a machine learning model, called Immunostruct, that can help scientists create more personalized vaccines, including vaccines for cancer. They described the tool in Nature Machine Intelligence ...
Medical Xpress / Cigarette smoke accelerates eye aging via epigenetic changes, study finds
Through a series of experiments supported by the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) researchers say they have advanced understanding of how smoking damages the eye and contributes to the development ...
Phys.org / Astronomers inspect ultraluminous X-ray pulsar's magnetic field evolution in the Whale galaxy
Indian astronomers have investigated an ultraluminous X-ray pulsar in the galaxy NGC 4631, designated X-8. The new study, described in a paper published Feb. 16 on the arXiv preprint server, provides essential information ...
Phys.org / Ant queen frozen in time: New ant species found in Dominican amber
A study by Dr. Gianpiero Fiorentino and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Paleontology, describes the identification of a new species of ant, Hypoponera electrocacica, belonging to the genus Hypoponera and representing ...
Phys.org / 'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: A 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history
A team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastian Apesteguía has identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that provides the "missing link" for a mysterious ...
Phys.org / Fast-paced lives demand faster vision: Ecology shapes how 'quickly' animals see time
Animals don't just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds. That is according to a new study that considered 237 species across the animal kingdom, and which ...
Tech Xplore / Michael Caine's voice is iconic: Why would he sell that to AI?
Few actors are imitated as often as Michael Caine. Even Michael Caine has imitated Michael Caine. His voice has been used in birthday card greetings and been the source of jokes in various comedy sketches. It is synonymous ...
Medical Xpress / A 'Google Earth' for the brain: What a 4D atlas reveals about growth
On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is highlighted in color. With the next click, something happens to the color markers. The marked areas change ...
Phys.org / Yogurt waste inspires researcher to innovate with sourdough bread
If you were one of the many amateur bakers who learned to bake sourdough bread during lockdown, you'll know how complex a single loaf can be. The rise of the bread, moisture, firmness and even crumb structure can make or ...
Medical Xpress / Fifteen-year results from clinical trial suggest that follicular lymphoma is curable
Unlike some other forms of lymphoma, advanced stage follicular lymphoma is considered incurable. But a new analysis of long-term data on patients treated for the disease years ago with standard regimens of immunotherapy and ...
